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Beyond Sustainability: Homes That Heal
Is it enough to build sustainably or do we need to adopt a regenerative approach? Where sustainability focuses on reducing negative impacts, a r...
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Mt Washington ADU
The Mt. Washington Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is contemporary and luxurious, while remaining at the same time sensitive both to the historic archit...
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How We ADU: Reconsidering the ADU as a Statement Piece
As state and local regulations have changed to make it easier to build Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) their use and purpose has evolved. Where ...
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LA Design Weekend- Casa Zero self guided tour!
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NBC4 California Green: Eco-Friendly Home Tour
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Episode 8: CarbonShack Design: What Connects Us
The biophilic designs are brought together across many of the CarbonShack finishes — fabrics, carved wood doors and furniture, tile and custom decorat...
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Steve Pallrand's Pattern Inspiration
My creative process is rooted in a deep fascination with the unseen wonders of the natural world. It begins with the understanding that human percepti...
Episode 6: CarbonShack Design: Building in an Age of Climate Change
Developing the interior finishes continues as the CarbonShack team works with artisans to further the project’s use of salvaged wood in flooring, wood...
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Episode 5: CarbonShack Design: Living with the Invisible
Transitioning from the construction phase to the design of interior finishes, the CarbonShack team works with an artist to dive into the microscopic w...
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Episode 4: Surprise CO2 Savings
Skinning the home’s exterior with salvaged clay roof tiles, stone, brick and reclaimed redwood shingles yields surprising savings in CO2, prompting th...
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Episode 3: Salvaging is the New Forestry
The CarbonShack takes shape as the team frames the house and discovers that some of their salvaged lumber came from trees dating back to the 1400s.
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Episode 2: From The Ground Up
Starting with the foundation, the team tries to measure the carbon dioxide emissions of building the CarbonShack.
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Episode 1: Follow The Dream
CarbonShack is born when Home Front Build sets out to salvage materials from a house built in the early 1900s and give them a new life.
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Illustrating the Beauty of Sustainability Through Rooftop Remodel
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BUSINESS OF HOME: Steve Pallrand founded CarbonShack to get serious about environmentally conscious design and construction
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Green Building & Design Brief: CarbonShack's Casa Zero in Los Angeles Celebrates the Wild Within. Designers carefully measured the home’s embodied carbon and the home features unexpected, artistic odes to plant, animal, and fungal life.
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Carbonshack’s Inclusion In The Brand New Sustainability Issue From The Hollywood Reporter: Green Building: A Sustainable Backyard Retreat for a TV Writer
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L.A. Times: The L.A. ‘granny flat’ built for climate change: Take a look at the eco-chic inside
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Killarney Case Study project featured on NBC's Open House
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